TAMPA (October 29, 2024) – Freshman Sienna Leeson and returning junior Melisa Senli both competed at the inaugural American Athletic Conference Tennis Fall Championships on October 25-27 in Houston, Texas. The event crowned singles and doubles champions on both the men's and women's side with those winners earning automatic bids to the ITA Conference Masters Championships in November.

After three weeks of turmoil due to weather and travel, the Bulls were finally back on the courts for a regularly scheduled event at the AAC Tennis Fall Championships.

Leeson and Senli opened play on October 24 with an 8-5 win in the opening round of doubles play to advance to the quarterfinals. South Florida's duo was defeated, 8-6, in the quarterfinals on October 25 to the team from Tulsa who went on to win the double's championship.

In singles action, Senli won her opening round match over her opponent from North Texas by scores of 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5, before falling later in the day in the round of 16.

Up Next

The Bulls have three events remaining on their fall schedule. South Florida will send players to the UNF Fall Invite on November 1-3 and then split the team between the W15K Jackson (Jackson, Tenn.) and W15K Lincoln (Lincoln, Neb.) on November 4-10.  

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Head coach Cristina Moros, a former collegiate national champion and four-time All-American, is in her 10th year at the helm entering the 2024-25 season. She was named the 2017 AAC Coach of the Year after leading the Bulls to the conference championship that season.
 

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